System Management
Telephone Button Programming
Update Form C of the System Planner for the communications system if you
change button programming for a subscriber’s extension.
It is recommended that the following features be programmed on buttons on
each subscriber’s system phone:
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VMS Cover allows the subscriber to manually turn on and off voice mail
coverage.
Do Not Disturb allows the subscriber to send callers to his or her mailbox
immediately without first ringing the subscriber’s extension.
Voice Mailbox Transfer allows the subscriber to transfer callers directly to
other subscribers’ voice mailboxes.
VM Messages allows the subscriber to access the voice messaging
system for message retrieval with the touch of a button.
The procedures in this section use Centralized Telephone Programming.

VMS Cover

To give a subscriber the ability to turn voice mail coverage on and off, you can
program a VMS Cover button on the subscriber’s system phone.
To program a VMS Cover button:
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2.
3.
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5.
6.
Press [
Feature
] [
0
] [
0
] [
System Program
] [
System Program
] [
Central Tel Program
].
Enter the number of the extension to be programmed.
Press a programmable button with lights.
Press [
Feature
] [
1
] [
5
]*.
Program another button for this extension or press [
Feature
] [
0
] [
0
] to exit
programming mode.
Label the button at the user’s extension.
*In some countries, the feature code for VMS Cover is [ 1 ] [ 6 ]. Check the Programming and Use
guide for the communications system.
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